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Tabuan Jaya Chinese New Year Bazaar

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Hehehe… Notice it or not? After 5 posts and still no sponsored post yet. 😛

If I’m not mistaken, today is the opening ceremony of Tabuan Jaya Chinese New Year Bazaar because when we had dinner at KFC, those “big people” went to KFC to have their refreshments at the second floor, the whole of second floor was reserved. At first I thought it’s the opening ceremony of the newly renovated KFC hahaha… The lion dance troop was following too but the lion dance was over, I thought I can take photos of lion dance as I had never taken any before and never blog about it too. Always missed the chance. Hmm.. I think I must go hunt for lion dance this CNY hehehe…

After our dinner, we walked around the bazaar and it’s was almost deserted. I was expecting heaps of people shopping there but see this…

I heard that it’s quite quiet at Padungan too. Business isn’t that good today.

Public Events, Uniquely Kuching

Car Got STOLEN!!!

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Actually it happened yesterday dawn. My uncle’s Suzuki jeep got stolen. Aiyoo… Stupid thief, stole an almost 15 years old car that has so many problems, engine problem, clutch problem… The car was a “cut” car (kereta potong). It means the car was cut into parts before sending over here from Japan and was re-assembled by welding every part to one piece. Good thing they didn’t steal our cars which was parked as the same place.

We had one Suzuki jeep more than 10 years ago too. It’s a much newer model than my uncle’s. It was also stolen. Worst still, the car was towed away from our garage instead of driven away coz the battery was dead that time, supposed to get the battery changed the next day. The court hearings had been going on for more than a decade too and never settled until recently, I think… As didn’t hear my father says anything about it anymore and he didn’t go to the court like he used to anymore. They kept adjorned the hearings due to many “unforeseen circumstances” and had dragged for more than a decade. There were too many people involved even those people that supposed to uphold the law.

Our “car” that got stolen was found in one of the division in Sarawak, I can’t remember where, could be Bintulu. One innocent guy bought it and got involved in an accident that caused the jeep to suffer serious damages. This leads to further investigations as this case involved several jeeps of the same model. Why “car”? This is because the jeep was re-assembled. The body belonged to someone else; the engine belonged to another person; the chassis number belonged to another person; the interior belonged yet again to someone else. -_-” I forgot which part was ours. So… Imagine that… So many people involved!

Afraid of your safety now? So many crimes happened recently. Alysha house was broken in few days back; Nien’s friend got snatched yesterday; another uncle’s cars'(2 cars! A Perdana and Ford Ranger) windscreens was smashed last year end on the same night; my aunt got snatched few years back… So many cases, can’t finish listing them out. I’m sure everyone has at least know somebody that had became a victim of these crimes. How safe are we these days?*SIGH*

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Padungan Chinese New Year Bazaar

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Lately I’m busy. Busy with THIS! YES! THIS! Hahahaha…

The views of the bazaar.

Nien and Wei decided to set up stalls at Padungan CNY Bazaar to sell cookies. Since they only sell cookies, Jimmy has this idea of selling more stuff. After our discussion, we decided to do seaweed twist for sale! So… I’ve been busy 3 days a week to get our seaweed twist ready.

Do come to visit our stalls. It’s situated near the police station 😛 heheheh… Stall number is 42A. I’m not there every night however I’ll be helping out on 13th(maybe), 14th(definitely) and the last day 16th(maybe). Not only we did the seaweed twist ourselves, the cookies we’re selling also done by us 🙂 To be exact, not me hehehe… It’s Wei and Nien. They had been slaving away for the passed weeks to get the cookies ready and Jimmy helped them occassionally. Come and show your support if you want. We also help our friends selling some CNY decorations there. By the way, this event started on 8th February till 16th February nightly.


Left: More view…
Right: The stuffs that we’re selling.


The entrance and the exit to our very own China Town. I had forgotten to take pictures of the famous cat statue that just situated outside the entrance.

One more thing, we’ll be selling Valentine’s stuffs such as flowers(14th), cuddly toys(13th, 14th) there too. The price range from RM15-RM200, from 1 stalk of rose to a dozen. They are all nicely wrapped. You can order in advance and we can deliver them within Kuching to your darling with a service charge of RM5. If you would like to order, leave me a message and I’ll contact you for confirmation and details. During the day time, the cosplayers will be selling at Waterfront. Just look for teenagers that wear costumes or cosplayers.

That’s all. Hope you enjoy your Valentine’s and CNY preparations.

Public Events, Uniquely Kuching

Kuching Bloggers’ Meet 2007

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This is an open event. All Kuching’s bloggers are invited! It’s not a private meet! As long that you have a blog and you are in Kuching during the said date, do come to join us. 🙂

I’m not sure I’ll be going or not. Usually I don’t join bloggers’ meet at night because it’s not that convenient for me to go out at night unless someone is willing to pick me up and can send me home by 10pm.

Important note to note is: “PAY FOR YOUR OWN FOOD & DRINKS”. I realised that Oregano is not like bing! or tao where you order and pay on the spot. I’m kinda worry that there are some irresponsible people taking advantages of this. Frankie, I think you have to let Oregano know before hand that for this bloggers’ meet, they should take payment once the food and/or drinks are served instead of settling the bill at the end of the meet. Just in case, some might forget to pay and leave, there are many cases like this.

Personally, I prefer private meet than open meet as it’s easier to control and it’s a much better way to know each other. When there are too many people, it’s going to be a bit hard. Anyway, hopefully it goes well. I’ll confirm later as I might have some CNY dinners to attend by then. Most importantly, when I manage to find someone who is willing to pick me up and leave early with me.

Anyone who is interested to join this meet, remember to RSVP Frankie at frankiecy [at] yahoo [dot] com

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Kacang Tumbuk

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OK… Kacang Tumbuk is in Malay. I’m not sure what it’s called in English. Direct translation would be “Pound(Tumbuk) Nuts(Kacang)” hahaha… In Hokkien, we called it “Kong T’ng”. They are made from peanuts, maltose and sugar. The texture is powdery and have some crispy parts also. Quite messy when eating this. Oh… Becarefully when eating this, don’t talk as you’ll get choke.

For the Chinese, when they are announcing their engagement, they will give friends and relatives boxes/packets of “engagement sweets”. Usually there are two types of sweet in the box/packet. One is the hard type and one is the powdery type. The hard type is made from hard toffee and peanuts. The powdery type is Kacang Tumbuk/Kong T’ng. They are both wrapped in red coloured papers that usually would stain your hand red. However, nowadays some people don’t use these instead they are replaced with sweets and chocolates packed nicely in boxes or gift wrappers/bags.

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